"On the contrary, I feel that if anyone should know about it, it should be me!" said with typical Jonathan Strange arrogance. However, he's trying his hardest to keep the worry out of his tone as he looks over at Julien and watches those things on his face continue to move. Because as much as Julien tries to say that he's fine, he likes serving the prince, and so on and so forth, those pedipalps are giving the game away.

"At the very least, I could empathize. I know more about the darkness than most would suspect." Stop being a cryptic motherfucker and actually tell Julien what you're thinking.